Price policy and returns to soil conservation in semi-arid Kenya

摘要: This paper develops an approach that uses relatively easily-available data to examine empirically how policy-induced price changes affect the incentives of farmers in developing countries adopt soil conservation measures. The model shows there is no simple relationship between distortions created by government policies and farmers' Policy-induced could lead either more or less conservation, depending on site-specific conditions. Data from a semi-arid region Kenya are used illustrate magnitude direction policy returns terracing show results affected nature technology. In study area, higher commodity prices increase measures steep slopes, but lower them shallower slopes. If terraces were require land be taken out production than assumed calculations, would tend discourage adopting them.